Health Care Reform: The Truth

Posted by admin on August 5, 2009 under ***IMPORTANT LEGISLATION***, 2K9 Tea Party Revolution, ObamaCare | Be the First to Comment

(Excerpt from his book)
Julio Gonzalez, MD

The 2009 legislative session is sure to be a battlefront for competing interests looking to shape the future of our health care system. The growing concern by the general public and politicians about the increasing costs of health care and of the disparities in its delivery have conspired to make this one of the top priorities for Congress and the incoming administration. Evidence for this is clearly present in the prominent role the issues of health care quality and accessibility played in the 2008 presidential campaigns. The political reality is that those espousing a role for increasing government regulation have, for the first time, entrenched themselves solidly in a position to effect the changes they uphold. The room for effective opposition to this agenda is limited, placing the integrity of the Americas health care system more at the mercy of this politically and professionally unidimentional group than ever before.

People who oppose this particular plan for reforming our system share the concerns over health care delivery in this country. They stand resolutely united in the quest to provide better health care in a more efficient and affordable way. However, this group believes that greater government intervention in such a complex and intricate segment of our society will only serve to increase the costs of delivering care and diminish its quality. They hold a view that promotes a stronger role for personal responsibility and accountability in both the delivery and acquisition of health care. They are innately concerned about the future of the American health care workforce and the effects that greater administrative demands and diminished reimbursements will have on the people that deliver this care.

Unfortunately, there is an ocean of misinformation and miscategorization working against this movement. The misrepresentation of the shortcomings of our present health care system is being afforded greater validity by the American public, and attempts at correcting these errors are quickly fading.

Amazingly, the advocates of this alternative viewpoint, the keepers of the more accurate assessment regarding the state of the delivery of our health care, have been egregiously quiet. They will discuss their disappointment over the changes being imparted upon them and their trade in professional conventions and physicians cafeterias throughout the country. But, either because of despair or simply as a result of a lack of time, these overworked professionals are not voicing their concerns to the public in an effective way. During their meetings, you may hear them warn of the untoward effects government-mandated health care is sure to have on patients and the dissatisfaction with which our citizenry will respond to them. You may even hear these pillars of the health care delivery system discuss their intentions to abandon their careers, or at the very least find a cushion that will allow them to rely less on health care for their livelihood. However, as these individuals dispel from their forums to continue their relentless efforts at caring for others and stem the course of human disease, the microphone is left open for those who have the time such as lawyers, public health experts, economists, academicians and certain legislators, to propagate their brand of misinformation regarding health care in the United States, the overwhelming majority of this group not ever having earned the privilege of laying a stethoscope on a patient.

This book is written in an attempt to reverse the trend of sociopolitical silence on the part of the medical community and as a megaphone for those whose views about health care reform are otherwise not being delivered.
HEALTH CARE REFORM: THE TRUTH

Biography of Julio Gonzalez, M.D.

Dr. Julio Gonzalez is a board certified orthopaedic surgeon in private practice in Venice, Florida. Born and raised in Florida he received his undergraduate degree from the University of Miami with a major in biology and a minor in chemistry. He pursued his medical studies at the University of Miami School of Medicine and graduated in 1990. Between 1990 and 1995, he served naval reserves, first as an intern in internal medicine at Portsmouth Naval Hospital and then for four years with the fleet where he was stationed in Jacksonville, Florida and served on two overseas deployments.

Upon completing his naval service in 1995, Dr. Gonzalez then pursued internship training in general surgery before completing his training in Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Florida/Shands Hospital Urban Campus in Jacksonville Florida. He then participated in a knee reconstructive and sports medicine fellowship in Orlando, Florida. He practiced in Orlando, Florida for four years before relocating to Venice where he has been in solo practice ever since.

Dr. Gonzalez has been active in organized medicine, serving as Florida Orthopaedic Society Delegate to the Florida Medical Associations House of Delegates and Florida Councilor to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons He is an Active Fellow in the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and a member of the Board of Directors of the Florida Orthopaedic Society. Dr. Gonzalez sits on the Board of Censors for the Sarasota County Medical Society and serves as Chief of Staff Elect and Surgery Section Chief Elect at Venice Regional Medical Center. He is a member of the American Medical Association.

His literary accomplishments include co-authoring the Dictionary of Orthopaedic Terminology (2007) and founding the Journal of Orthopaedic History set to launch in early 2009.

He lives in Venice with his wife, Dr. Gina Arabitg, and their two children.

Source: http://www.sarasotacountymedical.com/search/contentfull.cfm?id=137